The airport said in a statement the World War II-era plane's undercarriage failed as it touched down Monday afternoon. The pilot was unharmed and the damaged aircraft was towed away.

The sleek-looking Spitfire played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain, when the single-seat fighter helped beat back waves of German bombers. More than 20,000 were built, although only a few dozen remain in working order today.

Rolls Royce, which built the Merlin engines used to power the fighters, says it bought this plane in 1996. It typically appears at airshows and corporate functions.

The PR19 is fitted with a wooden 'Jablo' five-blade prop. Not all Spits or Hurricanes have, or had, wooden props - depended on the engine and Mark number, with some using, for example, a three-blade, metal, De-Havilland on the MkV, with later MkVs using a broad-chord, wooden Rotol prop.
Today, most Spit/Hurricane operators will use what is available for the best for the engine and economy of performance to prolong engine/prop life, whilst trying to maintain authenticity of appearance. The BBMF Spits, fro example, use props made by Hoffman - in Germany!

thats what i was looking at...that they werent rolled back. plus the picture was pretty pixilated. if the prop is wood then yeah it could be splintered...we'll know more as news comes out. now a question....would a wooden prop strike be less severe than a metal prop or cause the same damage?

Regarding the pics that Stona posted, how in the blue hell did they restore that? Obviously I don't know the restoration process, but seriously, from what was remaining, what was salvageable/repairable from that eroded mess?

To answer Bobbysocks' question, generally, less damage can be expected (on a Spit) with a wooden prop, but obviously a lot depends on the severity of the prop strike, whether power on and so forth. A metal prop is more likely to cause shock loading to the crank, in addition to the engine bearers, mounts etc., but in either case, it leads to an engine-out, full strip down and inspection, of both engine and airframe.
It's certainly not the first time that similar damage has occurred (in recent years) to a couple or more Spitfires, through undercarriage collapse, and also complete u/c failure to extend, and no doubt won't be the last.